BEALE, Charles Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in Canaan, Columbia County,
N.Y., March 5, 1824; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in
1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in
Canaan, N.Y.; moved to Kinderhook, N.Y., in 1852 and continued the practice of
law; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March
3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh
Congress; delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866;
resumed the practice of law; died in Hudson, N.Y., on January 30, 1899;
interment in Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.